Improvement in door-plates



B. A. WILSON.

Door-Plates.

No. 200,810. Patented Feb. 26,1878.

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WITNESSES.

NJETERS, PHOTO-UTHDGRAPHER. WISNINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRYCE A. WILSON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-PLATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,810, dated February 26, 1878; application filed March 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BRYCE A. WILsoN, of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture and Construction of Door- Plates; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being had to the drawmg.

My invention consists in a simple and economically constructed door plate, readily adapted to be used on the doors of houses, gnver bell-pulls, and on apothecaries drawers,

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an illustration of my invention as it would appear when attached to a door. Fig. 2 shows a section of same, and exhibits the various parts of my invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a metal disk adapted to receive such parts of my invention as are illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 4 represents views of a glass disk, which has a convexity of exterior surface. Fig. 5 represents views of the namedisk, constructed of paper, card-board, or any other suitable material.

In these drawings similar letters of reference refer to similar parts.

In combining the various parts of my invention to construct a door-plate, I proceed as follows, reference being had to Fig.2 of the drawings. In the metal disk a, I insert the paper name-disk b, which is preferably of gilded, silvered, or otherwise suitably-prepared cardboard, with any desired inscription imprinted thereon. Upon this paper name-disk b, I place the convex glass disk 0, and then bend the flange a of the metal disk at in such a manner as to firmly unite the various parts a, b, and c in a compact and solid manner; then, by means of the attaching-screw d, the whole may be affixed wherever the same may appear to be necessary or desired.

It will thus be apparent that by means of my invention a door-plate of neat and tasteful character may be easily and cheaply constructed, of durable material, and capable of being readily applied to doors, or wherever else may be deemed necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the hereindescribed door-plate, consisting of the metal disk at a, paper name-disk b, convex glass disk 0, united and arranged with respect to each other as shown and set forth, and the attaching-screw d.

BRYCE A. WILSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. DAVIS, Orrs M. 000K. 

